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Summary: Real Good Book for every chiropractor
Review: I find it amusing that some doctors get angry when we speak of differential diagnosis in chiropractic. To make it clear chiropractic is a university level program of 5 years (where I come from) with 1000+ hours in diagnostic. This book is an excellent reference for every practicing chiropractor.Dr C.C. DC
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Summary: Must buy reference for National Boards
Review: I used this as a reference for Part II, III, and IV chiropractic national boards. This book lists a condition, tells you a brief summary and lists treatment protocols and what forms of nutrition can be advised in this condition. This is a good reference for the boards because it has certain treament protocols that boards like to ask. However, if you really want a great review for the national boards get the following:
National Board of Chiropractic Part II Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers, National Board of Chiropractic Part III Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers with Explanations, and National Board of Chiropractic Part IV Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers Vol 1 and Vol 2 by Patrick Leonardi.
These study guides are the best references for studying for the Chiropractic National Boards. The questions in these books are right on to the format asked on the boards. I'm glad I used them because I think I might have failed without them. Dr. Souza's book is also a must for the boards because it gives some high yield material that is asked in either part 2, 3 or 4.
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Summary: Former guy is just a small headed MD who is jealous
Review: This book is very informative in the diagnosis and treatment of many disorders. True it is written more for the chiropractor but if you look at the title of the book you might have an idea why it is written the way it is. The former reviewer is obvioulsy a MD or someone who does not believe in the chiropractic healing methods. He would rather rely on drugs and making drug companies happy than treating people the right way. I diagnosed my mother with subtrochanteric bursitis through this book. I am in my 8th tri of chiropractic school. Do you want to know how she was treated by MDs. A nerve block!!!! To the L4 nerve....now hmmmm maybe more MDs should read this book.
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Summary: Chiropractic Trash
Review: This is a core textbook at many chiropractic colleges for differential diagnosis. Many chiropractic students love it because it mixes medical differential diagnosis with chiropractic quackery so the quackery looks legitimate to the uninformed. At the surface it appears to be very good, with many algorithms for diagnosing different complaints. However if you look deeper you see that many of the protocols are taken from poor quality non-index medicus research journals, i.e. Topics in Clinical Chiropractic, and push overutilizing manipulation. The chiropractic analysis methods likewise endorse this quackery and include motion palpation and leg checks, two debunked methods, with inadequate mention of conflicting research giving the methods an air of undeserved efficacy. Many of the algorithms seem to be set up to diagnose diseases while funneling the rest of people into unnecessary chiropractic care for treatment of nonexistent vertebral fixations which are really just diagnostic illusions that are of no consequence. I don't recommend this book. Practitioners are better advised to study the mechanical diagnosis method of the McKenzie technique which has much more evidence than this garbage.
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Summary: Chiropractic Trash
Review: This is a core textbook at many chiropractic colleges for differential diagnosis. Many chiropractic students love it because it mixes medical differential diagnosis with chiropractic quackery so the quackery looks legitimate to the uninformed. At the surface it appears to be very good, with many algorithms for diagnosing different complaints. However if you look deeper you see that many of the protocols are taken from poor quality non-index medicus research journals, i.e. Topics in Clinical Chiropractic, and push overutilizing manipulation. The chiropractic analysis methods likewise endorse this quackery and include motion palpation and leg checks, two debunked methods, with inadequate mention of conflicting research giving the methods an air of undeserved efficacy. Many of the algorithms seem to be set up to diagnose diseases while funneling the rest of people into unnecessary chiropractic care for treatment of nonexistent vertebral fixations which are really just diagnostic illusions that are of no consequence. I don't recommend this book. Practitioners are better advised to study the mechanical diagnosis method of the McKenzie technique which has much more evidence than this garbage.
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